last day at SCMG :(

So 06/22 was my last day at SCMG. So sad to have to say good bye to so many friends. It was tough. Karen got me some diet soda from the pharmacy (they didn’t have diet dew) so she said to embrace change, and I go “they didn’t have diet dew, did they?” and she responds with “nope!”. LOL! I’m gonna miss her!

I worked with Karen and Karla on my last day. I fed Suzanne’s fish Freddy (I better get updates on him from you Snuzzie!)

I said good bye to my call center girls upstairs (Patti, Shirley, and Heidi!) no tears-yah!

Then Dr. Donnelly and Dr. Mueller said good bye. KJD shook my chair while I was on the phone and I almost screamed. They were both so sweet. BBM even said he wanted to figure out a way to quarantine my desk so I had to stay. Dr. Tjaden was so sweet and said she wouldn’t allow me to leave. A couple days earlier she wouldn’t even sign a rep’s ipad unless I stayed. LOL! I’m gonna miss my doctors! Dr. Donnelly was so sweet since hearing that I was leaving he did everything he could think of to get me to stay including giving me sad eyes, telling me NAL was out of business. We have such great docs!

Even one of the nurses that I don’t get along with so well was sad, which kinda surprised me. Everyone on facebook was so nice to me too! It makes a person feel good.

Karen made sure that she was my last phone call, so that was funny!

My supervisor wanted to say good bye, but said that I could leave early, since it was slow, but she wanted to say good bye first, but she wasn’t anywhere to be found when I was told I could leave, so it was a bummer to miss her. Karen said later that our supervisor was so teary eyed, which made me sad.

All around it was a great last day. Sad to say good bye, but I’m so excited for new job at Nystrom and Associates that I start on Monday 06/26. Please pray! I get so nervous, excited, anxious, etc.

Happy belated May the 4th (aka Star Wars Day!)

May the force be with you... get it?? I'm totally a star wars nerd. Here are some awesome posts I found through the day...

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OH MY GOSH! What if Tessa and Scott (my favorite ice dancers) skate to a star wars program for the olympics next year?? I would FREAK out!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_AjBu4U0AESUVu.jpg

and the Backstreet Boys as Star Wars Characters! Love Nick Carter as Princess Leia! If I ever have kids I want to plan to have them on May 4th and if I had twins (one girl and one boy!) what names would you guess I would pick?? LOL!!!!

May the 4th be with you, and also with you!! (isn't that like a church line???)

woah. this video made me really think.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md638smQd8

I'm pretty terrible at witnessing- shy, quietness doesn't usually equal being a minister, but this makes me sad and really want to tell the world about my faith. Does anyone else struggle with this or is it just me???

Happy Easter!! He has risen, He has risen INDEED!!!

I love Easter! So great to celebrate the birth of our Risen Savior! we celebrated today as a family, I am so blessed that we are all Christians in our household.

The Easter bunny came and hid us kids gas giftcards, thanks Easter Bunny and mom and dad! LOL! we also celebrated my parents being married 37 years ago on 04.11. During the nap time portion of the day (we usually start with lunch, then hang out, naps and leave) we were asking mom about there wedding, like who was all in it and the ceremony details and how they met and dated. Even though I've heard most of it before, its still fun to hear how they met, dated, and got married.

We also played with Casey our dog (aka baby sister!) and just hung out, so fun!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter and remember what Christ had to endure for our sins.

Please watch this video, its from a passion play that is a family favorite, love this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Q5rg4AhvI

wise words from Lysa TerKeurst

Do you ever catch yourself getting into a funk because of the way someone looks at you or talks to you or maybe even the way they choose NOT to talk to you? We feel put off, and then we put on a ratty robe of rejection and wear it all day long.

But I don’t want to keep being a slave to my runaway emotions and assumptions. I don’t want my days to be dictated by the moods of other people. And I really don’t want the rejections of my past feeding my propensity to feel rejected today.

I want the kind of emotional stability I read about in the Bible:

“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17 ESV)

I love the thought that God is in our midst and that He will quiet me by His love.

Yes, please. I’ll take an extra-large order of that every morning. Today, instead of allowing off-kilter interactions with others to cause a downward spiral of wonky feelings, let’s ask God to quiet us with His love.

Lord, we are predetermining that no matter what happens today or how people react to us, we are going to stand on the truth that You love us. Your love is a fact that doesn’t change, not a feeling that sways with situations. May Your love settle us and bring out the best in us today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Isn't it amazing how we can feel so rejected by people?? Help me Lord, to remember that you love me no matter what, and that is the most important love I can receive from anyone. I so needed to hear this today and maybe you do to. Blessings friends.

Love, Kristin

Doing Lent Together Challenge

So I joined a facebook group that is doing a lent challenge of not giving up food or anything like that, but giving up malicious talk and gossip. This is something I struggle with, so I joined and have noticed that I've been doing better, but today was a struggle, I can remember some moments of not saying what I was going to, but today took a bad hit, ugh.

This was one of the posts, which really resonated with me. It talks about not just not saying mean things, but not even think them. This hit home, even though I might not say the bad words or thoughts, I should not even be saying them.

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take a look at this post....

If you are on FB, you should consider joining, its called Doing Lent Together Challenge and every day there are three posts with a quote, bible verse and a prayer. Its based off of a book by a Christian author named Karen Ehman and the book is called Zip It. I don't have the book yet, but the daily posts are great reminders, so check it out!

Happy Friday!

my week off was HEAVENLY!!!

so I puppy sat for my parents last week (while they were in Florida) and it was so wonderful! I've now experienced what its like to be retired and I cannot wait. Only have 40 more years to go! LOL!!!

It was just nice to take a breathier, but going back to work after a week off is SOOOOO hard. ugh. could use some prayers, I'm sure reading my emails alone will take forever.

Lord help me to remember to just breathe and I started a challenge for Lent (not lint-which is what I thought it was called when I was a kid-LOL!) to not say bad things about others. So if you catch me gossiping or talking bad about others call me out on it please. This challenge is so needed for me, its so hard, especially in customer service.

Wish me luck! Let's have a great week!

PS so happy my parents are home, our puppy is such a handful and always needs attention! LOL! I love her though! I used a line that my mom always told us kids "keep playing nicely", which she would say when my brother was about to beat up me and my sister. ha! I kept telling Casey, "You are supposed to be an outdoor dog, so go play- and keep playing nicely!" heehee!! So fun to be back at the house I grew up in, when I walked the dog I would go on all the trails that I went on as a kid, so nice to just get away. I encourage anyone who can to take a week off work, its so refreshing! let's hope it lasts!